The Office of the Chief Information Officer has instituted a mandate to satisfy RCW 43.105.355, a bill that finds government records and information to be a vital resource to both the public and government operations.

Purpose

Hydrography data is a critical base data element used to support Washington State’s mission of protecting the environmental quality of the air, land, and water resources of Washington state. The objective of this standard is to designate a single, common hydrography data model for agency geospatial data, geographic information systems, and data exchanges. Geo-data that is built on common technical standards: